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Forbidden Crypt

{3}{B}{B}

Enchantment

MIRMirage#124rare
Border
black
Frame
1997
Pull rate
~1 in 37–110
Illustrator
D. Alexander Gregory
Found in
Mirage Starter Deck · Mirage Booster Pack
Printings2
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernLegal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
If you would draw a card, return a card from your graveyard to your hand instead. If you can't, you lose the game. If a card would be put into your graveyard from anywhere, exile that card instead.

Plays as: Card Draw · Draw Payoff · Recursion

Market · per finishspark updated 19m ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$1.08
$0.66 low$0.58 gap
Cheapest playable copy$1.05· across 2 printings

Rulings

4 · latest Oct 4, 2004 · one tap opens all
  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    If more than one card is being drawn due to a single effect, apply the replacement as if the cards were being drawn one at a time.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    It will replace itself being sent to the graveyard, and exile itself.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    The second ability is a replacement effect, not a triggered ability. The card never gets to the graveyard.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    The “if you can’t” in the first ability refers to putting the card in your hand, as well as being unable to choose a card. Thus, if you can’t choose a card during resolution, you lose the game.

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